Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,637 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Andrew F. Brimmer (1926-2012)
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Buffalo Soldiers in Vermont (1909-1913)
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Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, New Haven, Connecticut (1844- )
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Prairie View A&M University (1878- )

Explore Global African History

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María Elena Moyano Delgado (1958-1992)
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Yelena Khanga (1962- )
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Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995)
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Emery Barnes (1929-1998)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

UNIT 342A: L-R, Alberta Hunter, Alfred Elkins, Ollie Crawford, Leonard Caston, Mae Gaddy & Joe Taps Miller
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Alberta Hunter and the Rhythm Rascals in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
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Fighting for Racial Justice in the Pacific Northwest: Lillian Walker and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights
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From Finland to “Not in My Neighborhood”: Antero Pietila’s Journey To and Through Racially Divided America
Black musicians, Lisbon, Portugal, ca. 1522
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The Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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